Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed the lawsuit late Wednesday on behalf of a organization planning a Blount County Pride festival on Sept. 2. The ACLU is also representing drag performer Flamy Grant, who was hired to perform at the event. The plaintiffs are asking the federal court in eastern Tennessee to block the law from being enforced and declare it illegal.
The current tension is coming out of a rural county, some 395 miles east of Memphis, where District Attorney Ryan Desmond sent a letter to Blount County Pride organizers this week announcing that he planned to enforce the state's anti-drag law. Desmond's office declined to comment on the lawsuit. An email seeking comment from the spokesperson for the attorney general's office, who is also named as a defendant in the complaint, was sent Thursday morning.
Notably, the word “drag” doesn’t appear in the new law. Instead, the statute changed the definition of adult cabaret in Tennessee to mean “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors.” Male or female impersonators are now classified as a form of adult cabaret, akin to strippers and topless, go-go or exotic dancers.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
ACLU of Indiana sues IDOC for new law banning gender-affirming care for inmatesThe lawsuit filed by ACLU claims that the new law violates the Eight Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment and that gender affirming care is 'necessary and even lifesaving.'
Les mer »
Records show California prisons are reporting U.S. citizens to ICE, ACLU saysCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation staff routinely report people in their custody to ICE, according to public records obtained by the ACLU and released in a new report.
Les mer »
ACLU of Maine reaches settlement in lawsuit over public defendersThe American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has reached a settlement of its lawsuit over the state’s public defender system.
Les mer »
ACLU Files Lawsuit for Child Murderer Denied Transgender SurgeryThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in the state of Indiana has filed a lawsuit for a child murderer being refused transgender surgery.
Les mer »
ACLU sues Tennessee district attorney who promises to enforce the state's new anti-drag show banTennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge.
Les mer »
ACLU sues Tennessee district attorney who promises to enforce the state's new anti-drag show banTennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge.
Les mer »